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2011-2021 - CELEBRATING OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY

Welcome to BroaDWcast, a comprehensive online guide to the foreign airdates and worldwide transmissions of classic era Doctor Who.

WHAT IS BROADWCAST?

Over the years, the BBC has claimed that "Doctor Who has been seen by 110 million viewers in 60 countries around the world".

But what are those 60 countries? When did Doctor Who screen? What stories were broadcast, and what stories weren't? How many stories made their foreign debut in Australia? How many debuted in the United States? And do any of those 110 million viewers have a copy of missing story Marco Polo?

BroaDWcast answers those questions - except for the bit about Marco Polo.

In these pages, you will find:

• Profiles on over 80 countries where classic Doctor Who aired
• Foreign language episode titles
• Translations of some of the Arabic narrations
• Checklists of the official BBC Records that have been researched
• Images of TV listings pages from foreign newspapers and magazines
  • Clicking on the AIRDATES icon on the country profile pages will take you to the airdates summary for that country (N/S = means that the story title is Not Stated in the newspaper listing)
• and much, much more!

The emphasis of BroaDWcast is on terrestrial over cable or satellite broadcasts of the "Classic Era" of Doctor Who - that's the first eight Doctors, from 1963 to 1996. The new series – 2005 to date – will have to be another project for another time.

However, Benjamin F Elliott's online guide to THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO is currently archived, and as a place-holder we have compiled our own list of countries known to have aired the new series since 2005.

The BroaDWcast Team

• Jon Preddle (research, writer, editor and design)
• John Lavalie (research, writer, editor and design)
• Steven Warren Hill (design and web-host)
• Nick Seidler, Rob Warnock, Mike Olson, Lea Donovan, Holly Hogan (additional researchers)

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Your help is needed

BroaDWcast is still very much a work in progress. So do keep an eye on the What's New page for updates.

As with any research of this nature, there are gaps in the information - and perhaps even errors. If you can assist us in any way by filling in any of the gaps, or if you've got additional information, such as foreign newspaper articles, clippings, copies of TV listings, or sales literature that we can use, or if you spot something that is wrong or you just disagree with, please drop us a line at:

BroaDWcast@hotmail.com

• Some general research tips

WHERE TO BEGIN

Click HERE to start your tour through the exciting adventures of El Doctor Misterio, Le Docteur Who, ادكتورهو , Dr Kim, Doktor Who, and The Doctor...

• All links are to other pages within the site (external links have a small 'arrow' icon)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

And with grateful thanks to (alphabetically): Donald Bain; J Jeremy Bentham; Richard Bignell; Alain Carrazé; Gabriella Cordone; Rami Daoud; Mike Doran; Martin Dunne; Fady; Benjamin F Elliott; Robert D Franks; Harald Gehlen; Graham Howard; David J Howe; Neil Lambess; Henrik Larsen; Bernhard Lürßen; Richard Molesworth; Darrell and Emma Patterson; Andrew Pixley; Steen Schapiro; Paul Scoones; Damian Shanahan; Tom Spilsbury (and all past DWM editors); Paul Vanezis; Stephen James Walker; Brian Wilson.

A big thank you to Georgia Higley, and the staff at the Library of Congress, Washington DC; the National Library of Australia, Canberra; the British Library Newspapers, Colindale, London; Los Angeles Public Library; Library of the University of Auckland, New Zealand; Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Ill.; Des Plaines Public Library; Northwestern University Library; University of Minnesota O. Meredith Wilson Library; University of Iowa Main Library; Peoria (IL) Public Library Local History & Genealogy Department; Illinois State University Milner Library; Google News Archive; Boston Public Library; Indiana State Library; State Library of Oregon; South Dakota State Library; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Library; North Dakota State Library; Wisconsin Historical Society Library; Indiana State Library; Eastern New Mexico University; New England Public Media; University of Bridgeport Library; American University Library; Missouri Historical Society Library & Research Center; The Iowa State Historical Library and Archives; Louis Manderino Library, California State College; Augusta University, Reese Library

• Bibliography

And the following are due thanks for providing information after Launch Day:

Shawn Aiken; Anthony (for the Netherlands stickers); Sam Alcumbrac; Sophie Aldred; Bill Baggs; Greg Bakun; Keith Barnfather; Mike and Fran Bennett; Jeff Beuck; Christian Bjørgen; Byron Bonsall; Kevin Bows (WGBH/WGBX); Sean Bradshaw; David Brunt; Graeme Burk; Alan Burns; Sue Butcher; Tim Burrows; Christopher Cebula; Larry Charet; Dave Chasteen; CheyTheHuman; Anthony Clark; Paul Clark; Ed Conroy (@retrontario); Catherine C.; Robert Collins; Dylan Crawfoot; Alan J Creaser; Dave Crichton; Colin Cutler; Kevin Jon Davies; Aurélie Demonchaux; Lea Donovan, Mark Donovan, Travis Doucette (for Canada: YTV and Space clips); Terence Duffy; Matt Dunn; Chris Dvorak; @dwcoverstory; Aaron Evans; Jan Fennick; Richard Flynn; Anthony Forth; Chuck Foster; Daniel Frankham; Alex Frazer-Harrison; David French; Brett Gabbatt; Clément Gascon; Charles Geers; John Geoffrion; David Gibbs; Alan Grace; Earl Green; Kurt Haack; Toby Hadoke; Lance Hall; John Hallstrom; Peter Harris; John Harwood; Alan Hayes; Paul Hayes; Christopher Hill (The Space Museum); Bill Hinton; Andrew Hodson; Randy Howell; Max Hudelist; Mbuk J Inwang; Antonio Iona; Mark Janovec; Dallas Jones; Nathan J; Sean-Paul Kearns; Brian Kimmel; Rich Kirkpatrick; Eric E Klammer; Corey Klemow; Dan Kolb; Dennis Kytasaari; Shannon Laine; Brian Labser; Sean Landings; Stephen La Rivière; John Leeson; Andy Lehrer; Shaqui Le Vesconte; Russell Lewin; Robert Lia; John Lister; William Lonergan; TJ Lubinsky; Steve Manfred; Aaron Marsh; David McKinlay; Andy McKinney; The Millennium Effect; Eddie Montague; Jeff Moody; Geoff Morley; Phil Morris; Tim Morriss, Alan Morton; Paul Neilson; Charles Norton; James O'Donnell; Shawn O'Grady; Mike Olson; Pascal Salzmann; Ken Parker; Ken Patterson; Amit Pawar; H M Pearson; Eduardo Peralta; Michael Phillips; Jana Průšková; Lenny Raczka; Daniel Rider; Denis Rigg; John Rigg; Ben Rigsby; Steve Roberts; Daniele Roccati; Mike Rogers; Ina-Cherstin Rönninger; Phil Satterley; Steven Schapansky; Andy Schock; Marty Schultz; Brad Schumann; Nick Seidler; Kieran Seymour; Steve Sigel; Grant Sirett; Paul MC Smith; Stacey Smith?; Giles Sparrow; Gill Spaul; David Stead; Joshua Stone; Ed Stradling; Kathryn Sullivan; thiel-a-vision.com; Steven Traves; John Trowbridge; Will Valentino; Frans van Lottum; Andrew Wade; John Wall; Peter Ware; Rob Warnock; Travis S Wheaton; John T Wheeler; Vanni White; Rhys Williams; Ross Williamson; Jonathan Wrigley; Alex Xegas; Colin Young; Gary Zimmer.

Links

• What's New
• Broadcasts around the World
• Articles & Analysis
• BBC Records
• Airdates
• First airings by location
• Doctors
• Spanish
• Arabic
• Bibliography